Chair



S. KESSELMAN.

CHAIR.

APPLICATIQN FILED NOV- 25, I919.

1,335,973. Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

ATTORNEY CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 25,1919. SerialNo. 340,579.

To, all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL KEssnLMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city ofNewark, county of Essex, and State of New Jerse have invented certain new and useful mprovements in Chairs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make, construct, and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

and to numerals of reference marked thereon, forming apart of this specification.

The, nature of this invention is in the arrangement and formation of a chair, to form a seat for either one, two or three persons, as may be desired; and has for its object to readily convert a chair into a two seated or three seated chair, or lounge, and is for the purpose very useful in living rooms, flats and apartments where room-space is limited.

These objects perform in the preferred embodiment of my invention, which I have illustrated in the accompanymg drawings, to

f Fig. 4 represents, a longitudinal section of which referenceis had, and in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

In the drawings- I Figure 1 represents, a perspective view of my invention with the extra seats folded inside of the chair.

Fig. 2 represents, a perspective view of the invention with the two extra seats in extended position.

i Fig. 3 represents, a perspective view illustrating theextra seats in folded position.

the invention; and

' Fig. 5 represents, a detail perspective view of one of thecross bars provided with a spring. I

The frame of the chair and the extra seats can be constructed of either-wood or metal, or both combined, and of any required strength consistent with the due degree of lightness and of any required size.

The frame 1 of the chair is provided with front legs 2 and rear legs 8. Preferably integral with the rear legs 3 is made the upwardly-extending back 4. Stays or braces 5 and 6 connect the legs as shown.

The frame 1 is anopen frame as clearlyindicated in Fig. 4 of the drawings, and is provided at its bottom with two cross bars 7 secured to the underside of the frame in any desiredor convenient manner and'to which are secured suitable flat. springs 8 upon ts r an ion.

SAMUEL KESSELMAN, on NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

which the lower folded extra-seat rests. The

top of the open frame is closed by the seat 9 of the chair, which is hingedly secured to the upwardly-extending back 4, in any desired or convenient manner, as for instance by hinges 10. The seat 9 may be held inits closed position upon the-frame 1 by any suitable means such as' a latch 22 or the like.

The front and rear sides of the frame 1' near the corners thereof are provided with vertically arranged grooves or guide-ways 11, four in number, designed to receive the short studs 12 which project from the ends of the cleats 13to which the seats 14-14 are hingedly secured. These studs may form an integral parts of the cleat by reducing-the ends thereof. Mounted-on top of the frame directly above the grooves or guide-ways 11 small plates 21, of any desired form, may be secured to maintain the cleats in said guideways and to prevent accidental separation thereof from the frame. v V

These cleats 13 are approximately the width of the inside of the frame 1 and are intended to be moved up and down in the grooves or guide-ways 11 and guided therein, by means of the studs 12. .Hingedly secured to the free end of each of the folding seats 14 is a folding leg 15, secured thereto in. any desired or convenient manner.

Each folding leg 15 is provided with stay or brace 16, cut out slightly approxiof the seats 14' being designed to receive the ends of the seat 9 and upon which said seat rests,when the seats are men extended position as indicated in Fig. 4 of the drawings;

The outer end of each seat, 14 is provided upon its under sidewith a cleat 23 of approximately the same width as the seat, in order to impart rigidity to the folding leg 15 when it is in its extendedposition.

In order to convert the single chair into a lounge or a two or three seated chair, it is ing the exercise of invention, may be made only necessary to lift the seat 9, raise, up the seat 14L by taking hold of either the leg 15 or the stay or brace 16, the lifting of the seat being facilitated by the fiat springs 8 upon which the lower folded seat rests, thus causing the cleat 13 by means of the studs 12 to ride up in the vertically arranged grooves orguide-ways 11 in the rear and front sides of the frame 1, and then turning the seat 14 over until the under side of the seat engages with the cutout portion 20 in the sides of theframe 1; e I

The folding leg 15 is then placed upon the floor and the locking bar 17 is moved into the position indicated in Fig. 4 of the drawings, with one end bearing against the upper part of the folding leg 15 and the other end bearing against the side of the frame 1 adj acent to the opening 20 thereof.

To disengage the parts it is only necessary to raise the seat 9 then raise the seat 14: in an upward direction and by folding the leg 15 towardthe under side of the seat 14 the locking bar 17 will be moved forwardly sufficiently to allow the brace 16 of the folding leg to engage with the locking bar as clearly indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The seat 14 folded as described can then by means of the cleat 18 with its attached studs 12, be lowered into the frame 1 to rest upon the springs 8 of the cross bar 7 by means of the grooves or guide-ways 11.

Experience has demonstrated that the or ganization above described is a highly eiiicient one, and while I have shown the preferred embodiment of my present invention, I do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, as obvious modifications thereof, not involvby any skilled mechanic, and such departures from whatis herein set forth, I consider within the scope and terms of my claims. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A chair comprising a chair frame, having guide-ways arranged therein and proranged therein and provided with cut away portions, folding seats adapted to be received by said. cut-away portions having hinged cleats provided with studs,'said studs designed to engage with the guide-ways in the chair frame to be moved up and down therein, legs hingedly secured to sald folding seats and a locking bar slidably arranged upon the under side of each of the folding seats. 7 1 V e 3. A chair compr sing a chair frame, having guide-waysarranged thereinand provided with cut-away portions, folding seats adapted to be received by said cut-away portions having hinged cleats, the ends of whlch are designed to engage with the guide-ways in the chair frame to be moved up and down therein and legs hingedly securedto said folding seats.

This specification signed and witnessed this 22nd day of November, 1919.

- A SAMUEL KESSELMAN;

-Witnesses: I

EDWARD A. GITT, FREDK. C. FISCHER. 

